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By our hand this day ,for the scribes to proclaim through out the land,
Mary , Queen of Scots and the Isles and of My People Sovereign
& Anointed Queen of Scottish Renaissance Faires for St. Andrews (California
Kingdom).
A FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM HIS GRACE
Dear Gentle Folk of Renaissance Love and Life,
I do wish to thank you for many years of gallantry and affection and close reliance! So much of
the success achieved over the last 20 years is not only in my creative energy ~ it came in floods
of worthy accomplishments from the kind hearted folk that chose to share my dreams of
Renaissance home and haven away from the History and Clothing Nazi types that took over
Northern Faire so many years ago. If you did not have a real character you were seen as a
Halfling. If you did not have just the right dull tone to your costume and I do repeat: it was a
costume ~ dull or no! Then again you were seen as Hollywood and scorned!
Get real or get out was the bottom line and it hurt so many folk who cared so much for the fun
and fantasy of the life but were never given a chance even if they truly wanted to. I found five
folk who wanted to break with their madness and we did! Hence ~ 20 years later ~ we all ~ of
the lunatic fringe are still in business! Our own dear Saint Andrews is that insane asylum of all
walks of life and levels of Renaissance interest and the formula works well for most! Yes ~
courtiers come and courtiers go with each passing year ~ yet their spiritual contributions live on ~
so it is, that I too, must go. Not to leave Renaissance Faires ~ but to do what I do best!
When there was no Royal Justice Court at Faires ~ I created one. When there were no Royal
Halberdiers at Faires ~ I created them. When there was no Royal Scottish or Noble Scottish any
thing anywhere! I created them. And when there were no Dances of distinction and dignity that
did not require such energy that it left the ladies all glowing and glistening and tossed about! ~
That Court Ladies could do to show off their Scottish best afore the Queen ~ I created some
dances. Nice being a Duke!!
So I looked about and saw ~ no Scottish Military Encampment! Lots of Highlanders, our goodly
Royal Guards ~ but nary a Military Encampment. So since last April when I watched the
Trooping ~ my energy has been set and my determination great. While I am still able to make a
difference in my chosen Recreation sources~ Renaissance Faires ~ I need to be creative! I feel so
very Blessed to have the chance in my life time to meet so many like minded folk who found the
hobby as fascinating as I do. But it does not rest there.
It was the dedication to this endeavor that made the big difference in the growth and success that
is the Standard of Royal Saint Andrew’s Guild. It is the Guild that runs on hugs! In happy
tymes, and in sad tymes. Our family of folk share a deep and abiding affection ~ so much more
of what I am truly about ~ a royal title of purest fantasy or a chain of office for 30 folk when in
reality there were ancient stories of maybe one or two
In the “real” court! What did it matter, share the fun!
Life is exceedingly very short ~ let’s all continue to rub our royal noses together and just revel a
plenty! Stay young at heart ~ open to change! It is the very heart t of our existence! When one
Faire said No! A Scottish Game or Festival said ~ Yes! If there was no Faire to play ~ then ~ we
had a Royal Picnic! Our Renaissance Table remained full regardless of the winds of acceptance
or disrespect for our endeavors!
So gentles ~ Let the purist wallow in their own dust ~ we have rainbows to create!!! We have as a
Guild stepped on many conservative Renaissance Toes ~ but we always stopped to polish the dust off
gently and pin a favor and go merrily on our way! Gentles ~ go pin a favor or TWO! And add a Hug!
Sooooo Period! Don’t -cha know! When many a Guild forgot it takes an audience walking in the
streets to make a Faire! St. Andrews taught street improvisation to every single new folk that came
into the Guild ~ if the tourist goes home happy ~ they will come back next year! You are a part of a
working guild ~ not a munching peasant’s guild.
And on and on ~ and so many St. Andrews folk took up this cause and made it our signature of
success.
I do wish to express my heart-felt appreciation for your years of sacrifice of time, of money, and of
hard work!
Such dedication is rare in any recreational volunteer group of any kind ~ but Royal Saint Andrews
has had the good fortune to be peopled with the kindest and most generous of folk. It has made me
a super busy person ~ keeping the recruiting window open for you all to come on in ~ but ~ here you
are!! Ten or so phone calls later ~ an application finds its way to my door and
The rest is history at its best!
This Guild began just 20 years ago ~ it began with just five folk ~ it has changed names three times,
it has created 26 other guilds ~ it has witnessed many weddings, baptisms, hand fastenings, one
funeral, ceremonies, plays, battle pageants , parades, feasts, And over 100 Knightings from many
guilds. My record of achievement is your record of achievement. None of this is possible without the
direct and very concerted involvement of everyone in the guild for any one year that folk cared to
share their time.
There have been in these 20 years, four assistant Guild Masters that I do take particular care to
praise for their very considerable support and shoulder to cry on ~ repeatedly and often for many
many years!!!
The first was Dame Kate Bacchus ~ she joined me at age 15 and sewed our costumes, and was
mother hen to all our folk till she went off to college. Then there was Paul Melville, who later
founded St. Dismas Guild. He was a sword master of the first order and inspired many of our folk to
greatness ~ he was deeply loved. Then, my grand lady did waltz into my life at Northern Faire at
the Belly Dancing Show ~ Dame Helen! She did sit upon
The bales of hay watching Habbi Ru intently and dressed better than the queen! I need that lady in
my life right away says I, and three months later ~ her application was in my very fortunate
hands!!! She remains today by my side at almost every event and has done for nearly 15 years.
Then, more recently, the title of assistant guild master was bestowed upon Sir Drew Mac Quain.
Most, who read this fare well letter, know him full well for the terrific hard worker he is and the
grandeur of his ambiance at the Royal Court of Scotland! He has taken this duty to heart and on
April 6th of this year, he will become the new Guild Master of Royal Saint Andrews and thus the
successor of my legacy.
What is then that these four folk have in common, that placed them in a league of their own? They
lead by example first and secondly their power came from the love in their hearts for my vision of
Renaissance Faire life. They helped closely and shared in the growing and ever changing enterprise
our Guild is. They helped to keep the door of welcome open as it is today ~ and the result is the
largest Renaissance Faire Guild in the world. We gave everyone who wanted one ~ a Renaissance
place to be, when all other guilds seemed distant and unapproachable or just not interested in new
folk ~ St. Andrews was that place.
The same is true of the six very grand ladies that have Reigned as Queen at our Renaissance Faires
~ the first of our Marys ~ was Lady Patricia Landworthy-MacGregor, from Sacramento. She reigned
for three years and returned to College and founded a Star Trek Guild for Trekkies. The second was
Lady Gaylynne Finney-Fitzgerald. She reigned for one year and went on to become as she is even
now ~ Elizabeth, Queen of England at Northern Faire and Southern Pleasure Faires! Yes ~ she got
her start in St. Andrews Guild!
Then our glorious and regal Lady Cynthia Ingalls-Smith. She reigned for almost nine years. Her
health was so compromised by various problems she very reluctantly accepted that an assistant
Queen must be found to help in the Duties of Royal Estate. We did choose together the wondrous
Princess of Poland, Dame Martinique Von Mier, and as well the beautiful Lady Sarah Johnson ~
both ~ still with us and reigning over our Faires and Festivals. Because of the very busy schedule
we now have all year around ~ we were rightfully and so fortunate to ask the Lady Jennith Stewart
and the Lady Hannah Maxwell to Accept the Crown Royal at various events these past four years.
We all are so grateful for the love these Grand ladies have shared with all of us! God Save the
Queen!
New traditions will be born every year. New champions of Royal Saint Andrews will take the field
of honor ~ and may you all be filled with the two virtues that have kept our Guild the home it is ~
determination and heart.
For this Guild is as much run on love as it is on steadfast efforts.
There are those wondrous times you truly realize you can never manage the moon light ~ you just
learn to enjoy the thrill and enchantment of the moment.
That is Royal Saint Andrews Guild.
My departure at this time will bring a well spring of new beginnings for many folk, who were
waiting in the wings for their time under the sun of pride of place. So the ambiance I was blessed
to guide these 20 years continues on.
So gentles all, this is not an easy fare well ~ it is good to be Duke and get to be in the close company
of so many goodly folk. You are each the treasure of our guild life ~ your contribution is as
important as any that I have done. I loved all the hugs and look forward to so many more! I go
now, to a small guild ~ known as St. Gyles, the Royal Seneschals and Royal Lancers Regiment. We
are a brother guild (the military wing) ever at the ready to serve Her Royal Majesty the Queen
where ever she may be on Royal Progress!! Our Renaissance Faire schedule is built around the
Queen’s Schedule, for not only is she on our Star Chamber, but a very valuable part of our
endeavors! Thus , we are near and dear to our beginnings ~ Royal Saint Andrew ~ the mother ship
of state. Consider us your battle ship in escort to war and security in peace. It will keep me quite
busy for the years to come that shalt be dedicated to continued Royal Service. God Save the Queen!
I have completed my journey as your Guild Master. It is truly due season after so long to let
accomplished folk take their turn at the helm. May they serve the Queen with gallantry and love.
Please come visit right next door at St. Gyles! Dame Helen and I will be there with open arms and
hearts filled with admiration. And truly, My prayer is ~ that you all will hold strong to the ideals
that have made Royal Saint Andrews Guild, that very special place on Renaissance earth ~ so
valuable in terms of sharing our precious time and energy! God Bless You All! ~ I do thank you
most profoundly for adding your personal diamonds and emeralds of hard work and dedication.
Our treasure is you.
These are the precious memories we all hold dear in common for the remainder of our days.
I do remain, Your ever obliging,
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Royal Grand Duke of Albany and St. Andrews
Abbot General of the Holy and Military Order of Knights and Dames of St. John of Jerusalem
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UNDER THE COMPLETE DIRECTION OF THE GUILD MASTER AND ASSISTANT GUILD MISTRESSES:
Their notes are held only at renaissance faires with the guild master each morning and as well they are
invited to the queen’s presence chamber for the planning of winter’s feast.
They will have private or group sessions with the guild master when he deems necessary.
1. ROYAL MISTRESS OF THE KEYS – LADY KYRA MAC NEIL
2. ROYAL MASTER OF THE PRESENCE CHAMBER – SIR MAXWELTON WILLIAM
MAITLAND
3. ROYAL MASTER OF THE ROYAL COURT – LORD GEORGE JOHN GORDON
4. ROYAL TREASURER – LORD JAMES MOSMAN
5. ROYAL MASTER OF STANDARDS/GREAT DEPUTY OF SCOTLAND – LORD KAEL MAC
GREGOR
6. ROYAL MISTRESS OF THE RECORDS – LADY MARIOTA ARRES
7. ROYAL HERALD – LORD TUCKER MAC DOWNING
8. ROYAL MISTRESS OF THE PARCHMENTS – LADY RELLIE-MARGARET BALFOUR
9. ROYAL PORTER – LORD DAVIE RIZZIO
10. ROYAL MISTRESS OF THE BELLS – LADY ARIELLA HENDERSON
11. ROYAL MISTRESS OF THE DANCE – HER GRACE THE ROYAL DUCHESS OF AVIEMORE
– DAME JENNETH STEWART
12. ROYAL MASTER OF CUSHION – LORD MALACHY MAC ALLISTER
13. ROYAL MISTRESS OF MUSIC – LADY EUPHEMIA DOUGLAS
14. ROYAL FIELD MARSHALL – LORD DON GIOVANNI MARCO DE ABASTANZI – CARDINAL
KNIGHT
15. ROYAL MASTER PROVISIONER – TO BE ANNOUNCED
16. ROYAL MISTRESS OF EWERS – LADY MAIRI CAMPBELL
17. ROYAL MASTER OF THE SWORD OF STATE – TO BE ANNOUNCED
18. ROYAL MASTER OF THE SWORD OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN – SIR ANDREW
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Notes With Royal Chamberlains
10:00 AM – Queen’s Morning Court
11:00 AM – Wake Up Ye Village Queen’s Parade – Ending With The
Trouping Of The Royal Regiment Of Lancers At The
Court At The Same Time The Royal Privy Chamberlains
Debate In Court Upon Scottish Endeavors Of Court And
Foreign Countries.
NOON –
The Royal Dance Show In The Village – At The Same
Time The Queen Sits In Court And Is Presented A Variety
Show Featuring A Presentation Of Talent From Each Of
The Royal Households
1:00 PM -
The Court Is Closed
All Go Into The Village For Street Gigs
The Queen Quietly Dines At The Royal Ambassadors
Pavilion On Saturdays
And At The Royal Emissaries On Sundays.
2:00 PM –
The Royal Knighting Ceremony
(If No Knighting – The Irish Show)
3:00 PM –
Royal Trouping Of The Queen’s Own Royal Regiment Of
Halberdiers
4:00 PM –
An Hour Of Meet And Greet For The Public And Other
Guild Presentations
5:00 PM –
The Queen Doth Go Forth For Her Final Parade About
The Village And Home - Same Time In Court – The Privy
Council Meet With The Royal Ambassadors From
Foreign Lands To Discuss Matters Of State.
6:00 PM –
All At Liberty
WAR COUNCIL FOR HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
STOW THE KEEP DAY CREW
Once again a very special group of people were on
hand to assist in stowing the keep. Huge amounts of
Guild Gratitude go out to these wondrous folk. When
everyone else “just stayed home” these good hard
working folk did come forth and did work exceedingly
hard for all of you!
LADY KYRA MAC NEIL
LORD DON JUAN
(LORD JOSEPH MAC KENZIE)
LORD ORION MAC ANDREWS
LORD KEIRAN HENDERSON
LORD MALACHY MAC ALISTER
LADY TORY MAC NEIL
YEAR 2003 HEALTH AND SAFETY
NEW PARADE LINE UP
Royal Parade Master
Adult Bell Ringers
Flags
Bagpipe or Drummer
The Royal Sword of the Abbot General
The Royal Sword of Squires
His Grace Sir James Melville
The Royal Regiment of Lancers
Any Under Age Lancers
Mistress of the Bells
The Children Bell Ringers
The Royal Privy Chamberlains
The Royal House of Duchesses
The Royal Sword of State
The Royal Sword of the Knights of St. John
The Guild Master & Master of the Royal Presence
Chamber
~The Queen~
The Queen’s Own Royal Regiment of Halberdiers
Any Underage Halberdiers
Court Pages and Priests
Ladies in Waiting
All Folk of St. Andrews Guild not listed in front
of the Queen by twos
The Irish
The Highlanders
FROM ST. ANDREWS:
FIELD MARSHAL ~DON GIOVANNI ABESTANZI
ROYAL GREAT EARL MARSHAL OF SCOTLAND ~ HIS GRACE SIR
DREW MAC QUAIN
ROYAL GENERAL OF THE QUEENS OWN ROYAL REGIMENT OF
HALBERDIERS ~ SIR KEEGAN GUNN
ALL CAPTAINS OF THE ROYAL GUARD
THE WAR CHIEF OF THE HIGHLANDERS
THE WAR CHIEF OF THE IRISH
FROM ST. GYLES GUILD:
COLONEL IN CHIEF OF THE QUEEN’S OWN REGIMENT OF
ROYAL LANCERS (THE SENESCHALS) ~ HIS GRACE SIR JAMES
MELVILLE ~ GRAND DUKE OF ALBANY AND ST. ANDREW
LANCE CAPTAIN LORD GUY MAXWELL
LANCE CAPTAIN LORD BEAUREGARDE MAC LEAN
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